Climate Action Plan

The sustainability and climate change strategy for education states: “By 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate action plan”.

A climate action plan is a detailed plan to enable our school to progress or commence sustainability initiatives.

Creating a climate action plan allows us to take a structured and strategic route toward ensuring our school is acting toward, and educating about, sustainability. 

While the format may vary, all climate action plans should include the following 4 key pillars:

• adaptation and resilience: how the setting is preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change
• biodiversity and nature: efforts to protect and enhance nature and wildlife within the setting and its surroundings
• climate education and green skills: how learners are supported to understand climate change, sustainability, and develop relevant skills
• decarbonisation and net zero: actions to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, working towards net zero

climate action plan merton park primary jan 2026.pdf